CLINIC HQ
Table of Contents
CLINIC HQ
1.
Start Here
1.1.
Technology
1.1.1.
Computers
1.1.2.
Tablets
1.1.3.
Tech in Real Life
1.1.4.
Printers
1.1.5.
Prescription Label Printers
1.1.6.
Barcode Scanners
1.1.7.
Wifi Hotspots
1.1.8.
Credit Card Machines
1.2.
HQ Uses Google Chrome
1.2.1.
Fitting HQ To Your Screen
1.2.2.
Bookmark Pages
1.2.3.
Latest Version of Chrome
1.2.4.
Clearing Your Cache
1.2.5.
Using Multiple Tabs
1.2.6.
Pinning a Tab
1.2.7.
Creating a Shortcut to HQ
1.2.8.
Allowing HQ Pop-Ups
1.2.9.
Allowing Geolocation
1.3.
Logging In
1.3.1.
Getting Started
1.3.2.
HQ OnePass
1.3.3.
Two-Factor Authentication
1.3.4.
Changing Your Password
1.3.5.
Logging Out
1.3.6.
Password Setup
1.3.6.1.
Updating User Information
1.4.
Quick Search
1.5.
The Dashboard
1.6.
Getting Help
1.6.1.
How to Use This Manual
1.6.1.1.
Making a PDF of the Manual
1.6.1.2.
Printing the Manual
1.6.1.3.
Searching the Manual
1.6.1.4.
Making Your Own Mini-Manual
1.6.2.
Open a Help Ticket
1.6.2.1.
What HQ Does Not Provide Assistance On
1.6.3.
Clinic HQ University
1.6.4.
Training Clinic
2.
The HQ Flow
3.
The Calendars
3.1.
Spay/Neuter Calendar
3.2.
Wellness Calendar
3.2.1.
Managing the Wellness Calendar
3.3.
Mobile Locations
3.4.
Troubleshooting
4.
Scheduling Concepts
4.1.
Correctly Scheduling Appts
4.2.
Public, Volume, TNR
4.3.
Owner vs. Client
4.4.
SN, Wellness, Rechecks
4.5.
Internal vs. External
4.6.
Anesthetic vs. Non-Anesthetic
4.7.
Priority Scheduling
4.8.
Mobile Clinic Scheduling
4.9.
Spay/Neuter Appointments by Time
4.10.
Things to Know About Walk Ins
4.11.
Multi-Clinic Considerations
4.12.
Overbooking
4.13.
Scheduler Log
4.14.
Already Sterilized Status
4.15.
Quick Search Action Menu
4.16.
Feral Cats – Scheduling & Services
4.17.
Address Requirements & Special Circumstances
4.18.
Secondary Owners
4.19.
Medication Pickups and Refills
5.
Making Spay/Neuter Appts
5.1.
Public Spay/Neuter Appointments
5.1.1.
S/N From the Calendar
5.1.2.
S/N Online (E-Appointments)
5.1.2.1.
Priority Appointments
5.2.
Volume Spay/Neuter Appointments
5.2.1.
Making a New Volume Client
5.2.2.
Releasing Appointments to the VCP
5.2.3.
Bulking Volume Client Appointments
5.2.4.
Managing Volume Client Appointments
6.
Making Wellness Appointments
6.1.
Wellness Appts From the Calendar
6.2.
Wellness Appts Online (E-Appointments)
6.3.
Vaccine Clinic Scheduling Strategies
6.3.1.
Schedule Vaccine Appointment (Internally)
6.3.2.
Schedule Vaccine Appointment (Externally)
7.
Making Recheck Appointments
7.1.
Recheck overview
7.1.1.
Scheduling Recheck Appointments
8.
Changing Appointments
8.1.
Canceling Appointments
8.1.1.
Canceling SN, Basic Wellness & Recheck
8.1.2.
Canceling Advanced Wellness Appointments
8.1.3.
Canceling an Appointment with a Deposit
8.1.4.
Revert a Canceled Appointment
8.1.5.
Deleting Appointments
8.1.5.1.
What is the Difference between Canceling and Deleting
8.2.
Rescheduling Appointments
8.3.
No-Showing Appointments
8.3.1.
Volume Client No-Shows
8.4.
Converting Public to Volume Clients & Vice Versa
9.
Understanding Various Paperwork (Templates)
9.1.
Consent Forms
9.1.1.
Getting Clients to Pre-Sign Consent Forms
9.1.2.
Signing Consent Forms Day-Of
9.1.3.
Deleting, Resending Consent Forms
9.2.
Drug Baggie Insert
9.3.
Treatment Sheets
9.4.
Cage Cards
9.5.
Take Home Paperwork
9.6.
The Medical Record
9.7.
High Risk Waivers
9.7.1.
Verbal High-Risk Waivers
9.7.2.
Email High-Risk Waivers
9.8.
The Rabies Certificate
9.9.
The Spay/Neuter Certificate
9.10.
The Roster
9.11.
Print/Email Paperwork
9.12.
How to create templates
10.
What To Do Before Your Day
10.1.
Review Consent Forms For Health Issues
10.2.
Send Pre-Payment Link
10.3.
Make a Patient Packet
10.4.
Print Some Blanks
10.5.
Approve e-Appointments
11.
What To Do During Your Day
11.1.
Step 1: Start Your Drug Log (Daily Task)
11.1.1.
Centralized vs Decentralized Drug Drawing
11.1.2.
Who Should Start the Drug Log?
11.1.3.
Confirming AM Bottle Balances
11.1.4.
Finalizing From the Day Before
11.2.
Step 2: Check In (Daily Task)
11.2.1.
Suggested Flow
11.2.2.
Chaos Reducing Strategies
11.2.3.
Curbside Check-in
11.2.3.1.
Parking Lot Strategies
11.2.3.1.1.
If you have a circular driveway
11.2.3.1.2.
Non-circular driveway, parking spots only
11.2.3.1.3.
No parking lot, now what?
11.2.3.2.
Being Safe Curbside
11.2.3.3.
Car Side Script (PAASS)
11.2.3.4.
Check In Via E-Lobby
11.2.3.5.
Taking Payment
11.2.4.
The Divvy
11.3.
Step 3: Exam & Pre-Med (Daily Task)
11.3.1.
Exam Vet
11.3.2.
Entering Weight, Age, TPR
11.3.3.
Animal Behavior Tags
11.3.4.
SOAP
11.3.4.1.
Short Exam
11.3.4.2.
Long Exam
11.3.4.3.
Auto-Triggered Medical Tags With Notes
11.3.4.4.
Internal Medical Notes (Manually Written)
11.3.5.
High Risk Waivers
11.3.6.
Declining Surgery
11.3.7.
Drawing & Giving the Pre-Med
11.3.8.
Kenneling
11.4.
Step 4A: Surgical Flow (Daily Task)
11.4.1.
Selecting Patients for Surgery
11.4.2.
Drawing Induction Drugs (Drug Draw Screen)
11.4.2.1.
ASNA Anesthetic Protocols
11.4.3.
Surgery (Surgical Screen)
11.4.4.
Prescriptions (Bulk Printing Labels)
11.4.4.1.
Buoy & Lizzie’s Law
11.4.4.2.
Prescription Consult
11.4.4.3.
Logging Controlled Prescriptions
11.4.4.4.
Tests (Non-Idexx)
11.4.5.
Patient Flow How-To’s
11.4.5.1.
Correcting Mistakes (Undo Drugs)
11.4.5.2.
Closed vs Done Bottle
11.4.5.3.
Open a Closed Bottle
11.4.5.4.
Reopen a Done Bottle
11.4.5.5.
Close an Open Bottle
11.4.5.6.
Split a Dose Between 2 Bottles
11.4.5.7.
Applying a Non-Standard Drug Protocol
11.4.5.8.
Recording Medical Notes (Short Tags)
11.4.5.9.
Mixing & Adding a Bottle of TTDEX (or other compounded drug)
11.4.5.10.
Missing Animal(s) in PF
11.4.5.11.
Adding Other Controlled Substances to Patient Flow
11.4.5.12.
Automations, What Are They?
11.4.5.13.
Using PF with Paper Drug Logs (“Hybrid Version”)
11.4.6.
Occasional Situations
11.4.6.1.
Documenting Deaths
11.4.6.2.
Rechecks in Patient Flow
11.4.6.3.
High Risk Waiver Bulk Processing
11.4.6.4.
Holding Overnight
11.4.6.4.1.
Surgery Performed, Holding Overnight
11.4.6.4.2.
Surgery not performed, drugs drawn, holding overnight
11.4.6.4.3.
Surgery not performed, drugs not drawn, holding overnight
11.4.7.
Rare Situations
11.4.7.1.
AM Tasks
11.5.
Step 4B: Wellness Flow (Daily Task)
11.5.1.
Non-Anesthetic (Wellness) Flow
11.5.1.1.
Changing from Non-Anesthetic to Anesthetic
11.6.
Step 5: Check Out (Daily Task)
11.6.1.
Understanding Anesthetic vs. Non Anesthetic
11.6.2.
Staggard Pickups With AutoTexting
11.6.3.
Aftercare Documents (Take Home Paperwork)
11.6.3.1.
Printing
11.6.3.2.
Texting
11.6.3.3.
Emailing
11.6.3.4.
Ensuring the Foster Gets the Paperwork
11.6.3.5.
Aftercare Documents in the VCP
11.6.3.6.
QR Codes & Aftercare Video
11.6.4.
Collecting Payment From Public Clients
11.6.5.
Invoicing & Payments Volume Clients
11.6.6.
Microchip Auto Registration
11.6.7.
Healing Email
11.6.8.
Phased Out Tools
11.6.8.1.
Checkout Quick Entry
11.6.8.2.
Old Checkout
11.7.
Step 6: Closing the Drug Log (Daily Task)
11.7.1.
Editing the Drug Log
11.7.1.1.
Appending a Note to the Drug Log
11.7.2.
Where Does the Drug Log Save?
11.7.3.
Uncommon Issues
11.7.3.1.
Drug Logging Issues
11.7.3.2.
Drug Log Printing (Not Common)
12.
What To Do At The End of Your Day
12.1.
Making Sure All Clients Have Paid By The End of Day
12.2.
Creating Invoices for Volume Clients
12.3.
Reconciling Your Drawer
12.4.
Getting a Bank Deposit Ready
12.5.
Approving e-Appointments
13.
How to Discount Things (Subsidies)
13.1.
Deducting From a Pot of Funds
13.2.
Deducting When You’ll Invoice
13.3.
Employee Discounts
13.4.
Troubleshooting Subsidies
14.
Templates
14.1.
Merge Fields Master List
14.2.
HQ’s Surgical Consent Form Template
14.3.
HQ’s Wellness & Vaccine Consent Template
14.4.
HQ’s Visit Summary & Post Op Template
14.5.
HQ’s Vaccine Clinic Visit Summary Template
14.6.
HQ’s Surgical High Risk Waiver Template
14.7.
Miscellaneous Templates
14.8.
Adding Custom Fields to a Template
14.9.
Service Estimates
14.10.
Template Troubleshooting
15.
Volume Client Portal
15.1.
Setting Up the VCP
15.1.1.
VCP Setup – New Account
15.1.2.
VCP Setup – Connect Account for Multi-Clinic
15.2.
Features of the VCP
15.3.
VCP Login Help
15.4.
Managing VCP Users
16.
Integrations
16.1.
Idexx Tests
16.1.1.
15.1.1 Ordering Tests
16.1.2.
15.1.2 Results
16.1.3.
15.1.3 Idexx Troubleshooting
16.2.
Microchips
16.2.1.
Petstablished Microchips
16.2.2.
24PetWatch Microchips
16.2.3.
PetLink
16.3.
Shelterluv
17.
Client Management
17.1.
Understanding Client Types
17.2.
Merging Clients or Animals
17.2.1.
Merging Clients
17.2.2.
Merging Animals
17.3.
Changing Owners
17.4.
Setting Up Volume Clients
17.5.
Volume Client Owners
17.5.1.
Communicating with Volume Client Owners
17.6.
Client Tags
17.6.1.
Animal Caution
17.6.1.1.
Animal Behavior Tags
17.7.
Vaulting a Card
17.8.
Uploading Documents to a Client File
17.9.
Communication Logs
18.
Communications
18.1.
Appointment Confirmations
18.1.1.
Spay/Neuter Appt Confirmation Example
18.1.2.
Wellness Appt Confirmation Example
18.1.3.
Recheck Appt Confirmation Example
18.2.
Appointment Reminders
18.2.1.
Spay/Neuter Appt Reminder Example
18.2.2.
Wellness Appt Reminder Example
18.2.3.
Recheck Appt Reminder Example
18.3.
Customizing Confirmations and Reminders
18.3.1.
Turning On/Off Reminders
18.4.
Aftercare
18.4.1.
Take Home Paperwork
18.4.2.
The Healing Email
18.5.
The Medical Record
18.5.1.
Providing Copies of Medical Records
18.5.2.
Rabies Certificates
18.6.
Item Reminders
18.6.1.
Vaccine Reminders
18.7.
Texting
18.7.1.
Where do you see and send text messages
18.7.2.
Checkin Curbside Using Texting
18.7.3.
Setting Up Texting
18.7.4.
Cost Benefit Analysis for Texting
18.8.
HQ Chat
18.9.
Other Common Communication Situations
18.9.1.
Sending Announcements to Clients
19.
Accounting
19.1.
Accounting Public
19.2.
Accounting Volume
19.2.1.
Bill Volume Clients
19.2.2.
Apply Payment for Volume Client
19.2.2.1.
Owner/Caretaker Payment on Volume Appointment
19.2.3.
Adding & Deleting Items from VC Invoices
19.2.4.
AR Status & Resending Invoices
19.3.
Item Sales
19.4.
Subsidies
19.4.1.
Troubleshooting Subsidies
19.5.
Deposits
19.5.1.
Deposits on Internal Appointments
19.5.2.
Deposits on Online Appointments
19.5.3.
Managing Deposits
19.5.3.1.
Linking Unmatched Deposits
19.5.4.
Volume Client Deposits
19.5.5.
Taking a Deposit on a Vaulted Card
19.6.
Credit Cards
19.6.1.
How Credit Card Processing Works In HQ
19.6.2.
Batching Out
19.6.3.
Signing Up for Credit Card Processing
19.6.4.
Credit Card Via Machine
19.6.5.
Credit Card Processing Online
19.6.6.
Credit Card Troubleshooting
19.6.7.
Common Credit Card Decline Codes and Reasons
19.6.8.
Loss Prevention & Chargebacks
19.7.
Client Credits
19.8.
Write-Offs
19.9.
Donations
19.9.1.
Manual Donation Attached to Appointment
19.9.1.1.
Converting Deposits into Donations
19.9.2.
Manual Donation Not Attached to Appointment
19.9.3.
Donation & Goal Widgets
19.10.
Refunds
19.10.1.
Never Process Transactions in MX Merchant First!
19.11.
Accounting Tools
19.12.
Reconciliation
19.13.
Financial Reports
19.13.1.
Reconciling
19.13.2.
Matching bank deposits to MX Merchant
19.13.3.
Financial Export Per Vet
19.14.
Deleted Payment Log
19.15.
Taxable Sales
19.15.1.
Handling Tax for Subsidized Services
19.16.
Tax Setup & Exempts
19.17.
E-Pay & Card Vaulting
19.17.1.
Card Vaulting
19.17.2.
Troubleshooting E-Pay
19.18.
No Prices on Paperwork
20.
Reports
20.1.
Patient Metrics-Summary
20.2.
Patient Metrics- Details
20.3.
Patient Metrics- Master Report
20.4.
Patient Metrics- Microchip Export
20.5.
Service Metrics
20.6.
Item Prep
20.7.
Volume Client Metrics
20.8.
Geographic Metrics
20.9.
Executive Director Metrics
20.10.
Partnership Metrics
20.11.
No Shows
20.12.
Drug Log
20.13.
Donations Metrics
20.14.
Death
20.15.
Rabies Export
20.16.
Recheck
20.17.
Subsidies Summary
20.17.1.
Subsidies History
20.18.
Appointment Scheduling Report
20.19.
Priority Appointment Metrics
20.20.
Custom Reports
20.20.1.
Cool Custom Reports
20.21.
Tracking Colonies
20.22.
Special Reports
20.22.1.
PetSmart Charities Report
21.
Change / Audit Logs
22.
HQ Administration
22.1.
Data Migration
22.1.1.
Checklist for Migrating Data
22.2.
Subscription
22.2.1.
Paying for HQ
22.2.2.
Add-on’s
22.3.
Multi-Clinic (More Than One Profile)
22.4.
Canceling HQ
22.5.
Terms of Service
22.6.
Privacy Policy
22.7.
Security
23.
HQ Settings
23.1.
Clinic Profile
23.1.1.
Breeds
23.2.
Users
23.2.1.
User Role Permissions
23.2.2.
Don’t Use Generic Logins
23.2.3.
User Login Troubleshooting
23.3.
Vets
23.4.
Services & Products
23.4.1.
Updating Prices
23.4.2.
Items We Cannot Add
23.4.3.
Weight-Based Pricing
23.5.
Packages
23.6.
Custom Fields
23.6.1.
Converting Custom Fields to Medical Notes
23.7.
Clinic Tags
23.8.
Vaccine Setup
23.8.1.
Non-Rabies Vaccines
23.9.
Integrations Setup
23.9.1.
Idexx Setup
23.9.1.1.
Idexx Troubleshooting
23.9.2.
Shelterluv Add On Setup
23.9.2.1.
Shelterluv Add On Cancelation
23.10.
Divvy Setup
23.11.
Patient Flow Setup
23.11.1.
Drug Chart / Protocol Setup
23.11.2.
Setup and Manage Controlled Substances
23.11.3.
Automation Setup for Patient Flow
23.11.4.
Enabling Patient Flow
23.12.
Medical Notes Setup
23.12.1.
Auto Included in Setup
23.13.
High Risk Waiver Setup
23.14.
Prescription Labels
23.14.1.
Dymo Set Up
23.14.1.1.
Dymo Troubleshooting
23.15.
Microchip Preferences
23.16.
Capacity Management
23.17.
Wellness Settings
23.17.1.
Appointment Types
23.17.2.
Rooms
23.17.3.
Anesthetic or Mixed Service Wellness Considerations
23.17.4.
PetSmart Charities Report – Settings
23.18.
Templates Settings
23.19.
E-Appointments
23.19.1.
Priority Scheduling Setup
23.19.2.
Adding E-appointments to Your Website
23.20.
E-Payments
23.20.1.
Customizing E-Payment Email
23.20.2.
Credit Card Machine Setup
23.21.
Mobile Location Settings
23.22.
Confirmations and Reminders
23.23.
Medical Records Request
23.24.
Email Attachments
23.25.
Call & Text Add On
23.25.1.
Estimating Texting Costs
23.26.
e-Lobby
23.27.
Invoices
23.28.
Donations
23.28.1.
Recurring Donations
23.29.
Funding Partnerships
23.30.
Subsidy Settings
23.30.1.
Employee Discounts
23.30.2.
Two Subsidies / One Item
23.30.3.
Sliding Scale Discounts
23.30.4.
Tax for Subsidized Services
23.31.
Grantors
23.32.
VC Custom Pricing
23.33.
Tax Info
23.34.
QuickBooks
23.35.
Chat Settings
23.36.
OneLink E-Appointments (Multi-Clinic Only)
23.37.
VCP Settings
23.38.
Inventory
24.
Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
24.1.
Awesome Vaccine Clinics
24.1.1.
Setting Vaccine Clinic Schedule in HQ
24.1.2.
Pre-Clinic
24.1.2.1.
Curbside is Best
24.1.2.2.
How Many Can You Do?
24.1.2.3.
The Team
24.1.2.4.
Decide on Services
24.1.2.5.
Open Scheduler
24.1.2.6.
Approve Sign-Ups
24.1.2.7.
Forms
24.1.2.8.
Prepayments
24.1.3.
Fear-Free Animal Handling
25.
HQ Related
25.1.
All About HQ
25.1.1.
Our Story
25.1.1.1.
Documents
25.1.2.
The HQ Manifesto
25.1.3.
The Library
25.1.3.1.
Case Studies
25.1.3.2.
Guidelines
25.1.4.
Training Videos
25.1.5.
Community
25.1.6.
What To Do When HQ is Down
25.1.6.1.
The Vault
26.
HQ Help & Training
26.1.
Community Support
26.2.
Quizzes
Download as PDF
24.
Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
23.38.
Inventory
24.1.
Awesome Vaccine Clinics
23.38.
Inventory
24.1.
Awesome Vaccine Clinics